Do You Really Believe?

I was reading a Facebook discussion group that asked how we should treat people with different mental and physical issues in the church. I responded that we should deliver and heal them as vessels for Jesus. He adamantly disagreed saying that God intended some people to suffer for His grace in this lifetime and be healed after they die and go to Heaven.

I wanted to message back and tell him that what he has come to believe is because He does not believe and has not encountered the supernatural presence of Jesus.

Jesus and His disciples healed everyone and Jesus desires to do the same thing now. (John 14:12)

Whether it is a headache, paralysis, cancer or issues from birth, every believer has access to being healed in this lifetime, here on earth. No matter what stronghold spirit is challenging us, we are to have the authority to remove them from our lives.

The real issue is that we no longer believe and have not be properly taught.

God can only bless you to the extent of your belief. If you do not believe in His healing power, you will never experience it. Even though His Word clearly teaches this truth.

Are you willing to believe God for who He says He is? You are to be used by Him to deliver people from the grasps of stronghold spirits, disease and all sickness. Period. No exceptions.

Being saved is just the beginning, you must dig into God deeper and ask Him to teach you about the higher things of Heaven and how to manifest them in your life. You are to be God’s body to be used to heal every sick person you know. The only thing between you and this reality is your belief. Do you really believe?

In His Service, Ericka

Thanksgiving Feels Different This Year

It is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I feel very different this year. Perhaps it is because I am focused on eating smaller portions so my body can function optimally and the thought of engorging myself with food just does not have the appeal it has in the past.

Or, perhaps it is because as I have moved into the absolute Truth of the Word of God, I realize that Thanksgiving really is a pagan ritual and once I know this, it is difficult to participate whole heartedly.

Or, perhaps it is because, while I love football, over a year ago I let go of my cable so I could focus more on completing the things God has been instructing me to complete. I did not want to allow TV to take up any of the time I needed to put toward writing and product innovation.

Or, perhaps it is because my family is still in Seattle and it is just my daughter and I here in Raleigh.

Whatever the reason, I am looking forward to spending time with friends and family and moving to new realms in God’s Word and revelation. And that is definetely something to be thankful for.

Love, Ericka

Response to ‘One of the Greatest Misunderstandings in the Church’

Last week when I wrote that The Holy Spirit and an unclean spirit can co-exist in the body/temple, I received a fabulous comment that I wanted to take some time to respond to. It has taken a few days to get back after a weekend conference, but I did not want to let another day pass because this is important.

It is so important because I think many believers would ask the same thing.

The reader asked me: Where do you find this teaching in the Bible?

 The scriptures that were referenced were:

And they that are Christ have crucified the flesh with the affections and the lust. Galatians 5:24; Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity 2 Timothy 2:19, and; He cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 John 3:9

Gal 5:24 – Yes, they that are in Christ do depart from inequity. Being saved does not mean that we have departed from inequity, it means that we have full access to depart from it by The Holy Spirit. This scripture is referred to saved people who will not inherit the kingdom of God. That’s another teaching, but just know that you can be saved, go to Heaven and never enter the Kingdom of God or Heaven or fully access the power of the Kingdom to come in your life on earth (Matt 13 – 14; Matt 7: 21 – 24). If you do not complete the work God gave you to complete during your lifetime, you can end up in Heaven at the burning lake (Rev 19:20).

2 Tim 2:19 and I John 3:9- This one is deep. Take a deep breath before you read what I am about to say. ONLY those who have departed from sin are born of God, or born again. That means that until we command out the unclean, which leads to sin, we are not born of God. Yes, we can have our first encounter with The Holy Spirit and He enters our bodies, but He does not automatically “kick” sin out of our lives, we must Ask, seek and knock until Jesus teaches us how to walk in our authority in His name and command the deliverance.

These are great references and they are referring to the life of a believer once they are delivered from the issues of the flesh. There is a process of full deliverance that all believers must go through in order to truly be without having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Eph 5:27). Remember that you are the church, the Word never referred to the brick and mortar buildings that we call “the church” today.

When we get saved, our spirit is transformed, not our soul. We are still commanded to work out our soul’s salvation. In other words, now we must clean out our lives to be a full reflection of Jesus Christ. He taught his disciples about this in The Lord’s Prayer when He said, “Deliver us from evil (Matt 6:13). Evil is what comes out of a man (Matt 12:35, Mark 7:23,Rom 2:9, ) , it is not something outside of us. That scripture is saying that we must ”draw for oneself (Strong’s ref. 4506 )” evil.

Once God opened me up to be used as a vessel for deliverance, it didn’t take me long to see this point illustrated.

People were saved, “filled” with The Holy Spirit and still had many of the 14 stronghold spirits and their bad fruit manifesting in their lives. Apostles, Pastors, Prophets, Congregants, Evangelists, etc are all a reflection of both Jesus’s anointing and can still have Satan’s strongholds and their fruit manifest if they have not been fully delivered. In other words, you can have an experience of The Holy Spirit entering your temple/body and still sin, which is unclean.

When I took this comment to The Holy Spirit in prayer. He told me that we have not realized that all of the deliverance and casting out of devils in the Word was from saved people. We somehow assume that only unbelievers can still have unclean or devils within them. This is not so.

After The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost, all of the disciples and those in the upper room were “filled” with the Holy Spirit, yet still lied, scattered and denied that they were with Jesus. Judas himself betrayed Jesus in his uncleanliness and was one of His disciples. While I can find no clear record of specific deliverances of the disciples, I suspect that they must have all been delivered in John 20:22 when Jesus breathed on them to receive The Holy Ghost.

In Ezekiel 44:23, The Lord reminds us that He has to teach his people the difference between clean and unclean. In Ezekiel 36: 24 & 29, He is speaking to HIS people telling them that He has to save them from their uncleanness. These are people who know Him, yet still have unclean within them.

I think this is a great discussion and one keeping us from moving forward in deliverance so we can truly be filled and without sin, with our flesh crucified and truly a reflection of Jesus Christ.

Let me know what you think…In His Service, Ericka

One of the Greatest Misunderstandings in the Church

Have you ever wondered why someone can move in the anointing of The Holy Spirit, perhaps in delivering a sermon or in God using them in a powerful way, yet, they are still struggling with issues that have them act in ways that are not of God?

Maybe they still cuss or secretly are addicted to perversity or are just plain mean to those around them. It is because The Holy Spirit can co-exist with unclean spirits inside of the same temple (body/person).

Remember, The Holy Spirit comes like a dove (Matt 3:16, John 1:32) and does not “kick out” the stronghold spirits and their fruit until we activate the power of The Holy Spirit with the spoken word (Jesus is the Word and only He can activate His Holy Spirit).

God still requires us to move into a place of authority and kick out the influence of Satan’s unclean spirits in our lives and temple/body in the name of Jesus (Mark 6:7). Remember to speak with authority to anything that is not of God in your life.

God has already granted you the power, now take it and move in your full dominion. Then, and only then, will Satan flee from your temple and life. Then, you will be Holy – without mixture. Ephesians 4:21 – 27, Eph 5:27, and Col 3 speaks of this.

Here’s to living Holy! Have a great evening!

Love, Ericka

It is Already Yours

I had a great question from a participant on my Beyond Fearless Tele-class on Thursday evening. I was sharing how praying to God and asking Him to deliver you from something is not effective. You must command the stronghold spirit directly, in Jesus’ name, and it must obey.

At the end of the call, she anonymously asked, “Can’t we pray to God and He will do it for us? Why not?” I answered, “No. God won’t do it for you because it is already yours. He had already given it to you. It has already been done.”

The Holy Spirit has been dealing with me in the fact that He has already given everything to us, now we only need to learn how to “pull it down” from the Heavenly realm. How do we do this? By spending time in the presence of God and prayer. God reminded me that the results are not in the doing, but to the extent that I am spending time in communion with Him.

He has already given me everything I need. Now, I just need to work on believing it and aligning my mind, body, and spirit with the Word of God. He shall provide all of my need according to His riches.

That means that every resource, person, insight, revelation, truth I need has already been released to me. Now, I just need to take it. God set aside the promised land for the Israelites and yet, they still had to step into their dominion and take it.

God also reminded me that I need to spend 50% of my time working and 50% percent of it needs to be His. He will show me everything I need to know in my time with Him. It is not by my works, but by His grace and mercy that I experience His blessings in my life.

What is it that you need? What do you need to “pull down” from Heaven?

Set aside time to sit with God this evening and see what He he will show you to do. He will literally show you how to expand your belief, speak to that mountain and it will move. It is already yours, now take it.

-Ericka

Commanding the Unclean

PART III

After I establish the authority, the next step is to establish the boundaries for the unclean spirits. You have to be very specific. Remember, they are like mischievous little children who want to wreak havoc and will try to get into any door that is left open.

Click Here to download the entire Prayer and Command: Beyond Fearless Introductory Prayer and command

COMMANDING THE UNCLEAN

In the name of Jesus, as I stand in the power, authority and dominion that you have provided me. I declare that I am Holy Ground. I belong to Jesus and my body is His temple. Satan, you have no jurisdiction on Holy Ground. In the name of Jesus, you have no rights, no authority, no power and no will to operate any longer in my life.

I am now fully aware of your deceptive ways and they end today, in the name of Jesus. My Master Jesus Christ defeated your master Satan, therefore, you are subject to the name of Jesus and must obey the words that are spoken.

In the name of Jesus, every unclean spirit and the fruit that it has attempted to grow in my temple and life must leave today the instant you are commanded to leave. You must take with you any other unclean spirits and you are never to return again. You will go where the Words says you are to go – into the dry and arid place and you are never allowed to enter into any living or unloving thing forever, in Jesus’ name.

No matter how long you have been in my temple and no matter how you got in, you will get out and you will stay out of my temple forever. You are not allowed to come near my family, my loved ones, my home, my work place, my church or any other place that my feet touch from this day forward. You are not allowed to manifest in anyone I come in contact with from this day forward in Jesus’ name.

In the name of Jesus, you are not allowed to manifest any of my belongings or anything at all in my life or the lives of anyone I come in contact with from this day forward. I now declare everything I touch, everything God has blessed me with and everyone I cross paths with as Holy Ground and you are not allowed in Holy Ground in Jesus’ name.

From this instant forward, no unclean spirit is allowed to even speak my name through anyone else’s mouth. Their lips are sealed and they cannot utter my name in any negative way from this day forward. In the name of Jesus, every unclean spirit that is called by name and those that are not called by name must immediately come up and come out, in Jesus’ name.

You are to detach yourselves from one another and any other part of my body, mind, spirit and soul. In the name of Jesus, line up one-by-one and without hesitation, you will obey the commands. You have no rights, you have no will and you are not allowed to hesitate or attempt to influence any other unclean spirits in this process. Your time is up and this temple is returning one-hundred percent to Jesus.

I belong to Jesus and from this instant forward, in His name, you will never stop or slow me down again from doing the will of God. You have tried and it has not worked. I am more committed to living out the will of my Lord and Savior than ever before. In Jesus’ name, you are powerless against the righteousness in which I live. You will no longer affect my life in anyway.

Every door that I am aware of and those that I am not aware of it now shut and you have no access to my life. Every named or unnamed unclean spirit and its fruit must come out when commanded, in the name of Jesus. You are no longer allowed to wreak havoc on my life and every door of access is now closed. Every generational door is now closed.

Every door that was opened in any way in my life is now closed. Any door that anyone else opened in my life is now closed to you and you have no more access to me in any way, shape or form, in Jesus’ name. All this I ask, in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

In His Name, Ericka

Speak Your Authority and Dominion

Part II of the Prayer and Command, the Declaration of Dominion and Authority.

You can download the entire prayer/command by clicking on the following link:  Beyond Fearless Introductory Prayer and command

DECLARATION OF DOMINION AND AUTHORITY

Father, in the name of Jesus, I decree and declare that I belong to Jesus, the name above all names and the name to which every unclean thing must bow and obey. My spirit, mind, body, and soul all belong to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is the master of my life. I am his precious possession and stand in all of the power, dominion and authority that is in His name.

Today, in Jesus’ name, I receive the inheritance as a co-heir with Christ to all of the good and abundance that God has for me. I receive every blessing and miracle that God has set aside especially for me. I am a child of the Most High God and before Him there is no other God.

I cast down any idols in my life that I am aware of or that I am not aware of. I confess that I have fallen short of your glory and ask for your forgiveness now, in the name of Jesus’. I turn away from any behavior or choices I have made that do not reflect the glory of my Father Jesus.

I declare that I fully understand and believe that I sit at the right hand of Jesus in the heavenly rank and therefore stand in all of the power and authority that this spiritual rank affords me, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

In His Service, Ericka

How to Take Your Dominion

PART I

Thank you all who tuned into the first Beyond Fearless Call this evening. As promised, I am including the Prayer and Command for you. You will see when it moves from “praying” into “commanding” (although we are supposed to be commanding in our prayers). It is quite long, so I just took excerpts from it here, but the entire prayer and command is yours for downloading.

I pray that this guides you in the process of clearing the strongholds from your life. When you remove the strongholds, you remove Satan’s power and the world all at once. …enjoy!!!

Those who the Son sets free are free indeed (John 8:36)

You can download the entire prayer/command by clicking on the following link:  Beyond Fearless Introductory Prayer and command

INTRODUCTORY PRAYER AND COMMAND

I use a similar prayer to this one, or as the Holy Spirit moves me at the beginning of a deliverance session. I move directly from the prayer to the declaration and command, without a break in the process. I included these so you can get the feel for just how authoritatively you must speak to unclean spirits and how to close every door through which they have gained access.

Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you and praising you for being such an awesome and mighty God. Thank you for your power, Thank you for your wisdom. Thank you for making me the head and not the tail and openly and lovingly providing the keys to your Kingdom so I can live life and life more abundantly, in Jesus’ name.

Lord, I am humbled by the power of your Word and I present my body and my life as a living sacrifice to your will and your way. I come standing on your Word as the Truth and your will for my life. Lord, your Word says that you will sprinkle clean water on me and save me from my uncleanliness.

Father, in the name of Jesus, now that I am clean, call for the grain, make it plentiful and do not allow famine to overtake my life. You said that you will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field. Thank you in advance for this Word coming to pass in my life. Father God, I Thank you for leaving me a clear path to living out the fullness of your will.

Thank you that through you, Lord Jesus, the works of Satan have been destroyed and I can live above sin. Lord, thank you for the deliverance and the breaking of every stronghold in my life. In the name of Jesus, from this day forward I walk in the fullness of your will with no obstacles or hindrances in the way. I stand on your word that tells me that you will do what I ask in your name.

Every unclean spirit is removed from me today. I ask that every place they have left void be filled with your Holy Spirit. I ask that any damage that the unclean spirits have caused in my temple will be reversed, restored and rejuvenated. Thank you for your Word that grants me the authority to cause one-thousand demons to flee in your name. This will be a fast work and this work will be complete this day, in the name of Jesus.

Today, I am restored to my rightful position at the right hand of Jesus and I commit myself to doing even greater works that you have left for me to do. Guide me through this process and clearly identify the names of the unclean spirits and how they have oriented themselves in my temple.

Lord, open my spiritual eyes so that I may see you. Open my spiritual ears so that I may hear you as I move forward in your work. Your Word says that what is impossible with man is possible with you. Nothing is impossible for you. I declare that I believe in you and the power of your name as the God of miracles. I ask for a miraculous deliverance right now and consider it done in Jesus’ name, Amen.

In His Service, Ericka

98 Percent of The Body of Christ is Oppressed

“Ninety-eight percent of the Body of Christ is oppressed with unclean spirits – from the pulpit down – and they are unaware of it.” These are the words that the Holy Spirit spoke to me in June 2008 and those words catapulted my life to a whole new realm.

It is possible for you to live free from problems, hindrances, and habits that stop you from becoming who God created you to be. It is not only possible, but it is how God created you. Thus it is imperative to walking in the fullness of His vision for your life. When God created you, He had something very specific in mind for you to do and complete in your lifetime. It is possible to become that person without anything holding you back from every good thing that God has provided for you to experience.

Does this sound too good to be true? Well, it’s not. That is how God created you and it is time for you to move in the fullness of who in are in Christ. Yes, you can live problem-free. Yes, you can stop Satan from touching your life. Yes, you can remove every bad habit from your life. Yes, you can live without obstacles slowing you down or stopping you from moving forward. Yes, you can live without lack.

God left a clear blueprint on how to move fully in your gifts and vision. That is what my new book, Beyond Fearless, lays out for you.  We have somehow come to believe that our walk with God is going to be riddled with obstacles and hindrances. Those days are over. It is time to walk into the life God designed for you.

What Is a Hindrance?

A hindrance is defined as a thing that provides resistance, delay or obstruction to something or someone. It is an obstacle or barrier that you allow in your life. Hindrances are a result of being disconnected from God’s authority and can be removed when you are reunited with the authority God has granted you, in the name of Jesus.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. – Hebrews 12:1

It is important to understand that all hindrances are allowed by God. There are many places in the Word that state that God even put certain hindrances in the way of believers to require them to overcome and persist in their walk. God created the entire universe, which includes Satan and his unclean spirits. Satan is the adversary and overcoming the adversary is part of God’s process to moving you into your full power, authority, and dominion.

God has revealed a process to me that removes hindrances from your life once and for all. He left a process so you can live without any barriers, obstacles, obstructions and hesitations. I thank God for allowing me to be the vessel to bring you this important and life-reclaiming work! To God Be the Glory!

Understanding this work requires you to open your mind to the absolute Truth of the Word of God. While this sounds easy, many of us have not been operating in the Truth of the Holy Spirit even though we have attended church for years. The Truth requires you to be willing to admit that you don’t know everything there is to know about God. It requires taking off the limitations of who you perceive Jesus to be and to move into a new realm of understanding.

This work was part of the core functions of the ministry of Jesus, yet somehow it has been left out of the day-to-day lives of believers. There is Truth the church has managed to leave out of its teachings and all too often, true deliverance is one of them.

True deliverance has been so edged out of the church that it has become marginalized and considered strange. We talk about Satan and the devil, yet do not understand the workings of the heavenlies or spiritual realm and how they affect our daily lives. We don’t understand how clean or unclean spirits work, and therefore, we are living lives detached from the divine nature of Jesus and what it affords us in our daily walk with Him.

I will be teaching how to truly get free and experience the fullness of God in a series of blogs over the next week. Stay tuned…there is more to come…

-  Ericka

God, Please Send The Right One

I just got off the phone with my friend, Toni. We were talking about the importance of discerning who can do the work in the ministry and who God sends to do the work of the ministry. Leading a ministry that is separate from a particular church or denomination is so amazing, but one of my challenges is having the right people in the right place.

I have learned that those who God sends can see beyond the money. We can pay anybody to do anything and they can do it well, but that does not mean that they are the one God assigned to this ministry. I am listening for a certain understanding of how God operates when He calls someone to work with a ministry. It is different than in the secular world.

Yes, they can do the job and probably do it nicely. That is not the point. If that is why they are here, then they will move on to the highest bidder for the next project. I only want to work with those who are on Kingdom assignment from God to join this work.

This is very important when you don’t have a set salary to offer someone. They need to move more out of faith and obedience than on exchanging dollars for hours of their time. They need to see where we are going with their spiritual eyes. Only God can reveal this to them. This goes wayyyy beyond a resume and a client list.

The work that we are doing in this ministry is changing lives, bodies, hearts, minds and souls. It is not for the faint of heart. I know that this is not only true for my ministry, but any ministry. And, regardless of what happens over time, I believe that most ministries begin with the intention to serve God.

I am prayerful for the right people, with the right heart, and the right instruction from God. I’ll keep you updated. I know that God speaks to me and to the person He has assigned to this vision. I may be the main vessel, but He is sending others to be vessels for their portion of this crucial work.

To God be the Glory! – Ericka